I've noticed a change in my overall sense of sartorial choices since taking up kilt-wearing. And I blame all of you for it!

It started innocently enough. I bought a casual kilt with the intention of wearing it to a Renaissance Faire and elsewhere. I figured I would just wear it with other stuff I had.

Over time, though, I have accumulated quite a wardrobe of kilts, jackets, shirts, hose, sporrans, shoes, and everything else one needs to be well-outfitted for most occasions. And I've found that it not only affected my kilt-related wardrobe, but even my everyday wardrobe has changed as my tastes have changed in what I wear.

It's to the point now where my clothes take up more closet space than my wife's clothes. And I've become rather fussy about what I will wear, how I will coordinate my outfits, making sure my shoes are polished, etc. It's like I've finally "woken up" and decided that clothing is meaningful and important. She jokingly calls me a "clothes horse", which (if you are unfamiliar with the term) according to Wikipedia "refers to a person excessively or obsessively interested in clothes, often to a humorous extent".

Maybe I am! But is that a bad thing? Do you folks receive similar comments from your significant others?